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Activist Insight And Schulte Roth & Zabel Release The Activist Investing Annual Review 2018

Date 31/01/2018

The Activist Investing Annual Review 2018, produced by Activist Insightin association with Schulte Roth & Zabel (SRZ), was released today. The review analyzes trends in shareholder activism, ranks the top 10 activist investors and provides predictions for the year ahead.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 31/01/2018

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Europe Dashboard

Date 31/01/2018

• The S&P Europe 350® started the year on the front foot, finishing in the black despite the month-end selloff.
• Bargain hunters were rewarded this month as Enhanced Value was the best-performing S&P Europe 350 equity strategy.
• As equites largely rose, fixed income largely fell as the drumbeat of positive economic news continued.

Nasdaq Files Form 8-K With Financial Results For The Fourth Quarter Of 2017 And Fiscal Year 2017 And Announcement Of Quarterly Dividend

Date 31/01/2018

On January 31, 2018, Nasdaq filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attaching press releases announcing the (i) financial results for the fourth quarter of 2017 and full year results and (ii) declaration of a quarterly dividend.  The Form 8-K can be accessed on Nasdaq's website at http://ir.nasdaq.com/sec.cfm and on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

State Street Comments On Federal Open Market Committee Meeting

Date 31/01/2018

In reaction to today’s US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Lee Ferridge, head of multi-asset strategy for North America at State Street Global Markets, Sophia Ferguson, senior portfolio manager for active fixed income and currency at State Street Global Advisors and Antoine Lesné, EMEA head of ETF strategy at SPDR ETFs, part of State Street Global Advisors, offer their views.

Federal Open Market Committee Unanimously Selects Jerome H. Powell To Serve As Its Chairman, Effective February 3, 2018

Date 31/01/2018

The Federal Open Market Committee, at its annual organizational meeting this week, unanimously selected Jerome H. Powell to serve as its Chairman, effective February 3, 2018. He is scheduled to be sworn in as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on the next business day at approximately 9 a.m. EST February 5.

ICE Endex Announces Results Of European Gas Storage Auction For GasTerra

Date 31/01/2018

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced the results of the ICE Endex gas storage auction held on January 31 2018, on behalf of GasTerra.

Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

Date 31/01/2018

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Gains in employment, household spending, and business fixed investment have been solid, and the unemployment rate has stayed low. On a 12-month basis, both overall inflation and inflation for items other than food and energy have continued to run below 2 percent. Market-based measures of inflation compensation have increased in recent months but remain low; survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance.

BISX Q4 Statistical Report 2017

Date 31/01/2018

BISX is pleased to announce its BISX All-Share Index and trading statistics for the twelve-month period ending December 29, 2017 with comparison to the same period of 2016.

Federal Open Market Committee Reaffirms Its "Statement On Longer-Run Goals And Monetary Policy Strategy"

Date 31/01/2018

The Federal Open Market Committee, at its annual organizational meeting this week, unanimously reaffirmed its "Statement of Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy" with an updated reference to the median of participants' estimates of the longer-run normal rate of unemployment in the most recent Summary of Economic Projections (December 2017).